hardly ever

Example Sentences

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Now Australia go to the second Test in Brisbane, played in a day-night format they hardly ever lose.

From BBC

But a federal report in 2021 found that the law has hardly ever been used by federal prosecutors to get restitution for sex-trafficking victims, and critics say it has forced platforms to shutter sex education sources.

From Washington Post

Akhundzada, an Islamic scholar, almost never appears in public and hardly ever leaves the Taliban heartland in southern Kandahar province.

From Seattle Times

Public concern reached levels that led Gov. Ron DeSantis far ahead of most Republican governors in campaigning, and governing, on the need to increase community climate resilience — even if DeSantis hardly ever says the word "climate."

From Salon

A minister in charge of cybersecurity who acknowledged he had hardly ever used a computer resigned in 2019.

From Seattle Times